Gender stereotype endorsement differentially predicts girls' and boys' trait-state discrepancy in math anxiety.

ABSTRACT: Mathematics is associated with anxiety for many students; an emotion linked to lower well-being and poorer learning outcomes. While findings typically show females to report higher trait math anxiety than males, no gender differences have to date been found in state (i.e., momentary) math anxiety. The present diary study aimed to replicate previous findings in investigating whether levels of academic self-concept was related to this discrepancy in trait vs. state anxiety measures. Additionally, mathematics-related gender stereotype endorsement (mathematics is a male domain) was investigated as an additional predictor of the trait-state discrepancy. The sample included 755 German 9th and 10th graders who completed self-report measures of trait math anxiety, math self-concept, and gender ste

SUBMITTER: Bieg M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4585180 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature